Press Releases from National Press Office http://www.fbi.gov/fieldnews/breaking.htm Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:46:14 -0400 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:46:05 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Albert Lawrence Vaughan, of Loveland, Colorado, was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for the armed robbery of a bank in Salina, Kansas. http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc090310.htm 778826A8-C4B2-4FA2-BB09-074FFCF0C279 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:40:39 -0400 Patrick Woods, a former member of the Board of Directors for the National Center for the Employment of the Disabled, pled guilty to embezzlement in connection with a large-scale corruption investigation in El Paso, Texas. http://elpaso.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ep090310.htm 8E517B2F-7252-4595-8CCB-2C2084CFFECD Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:37:13 -0400 Pawn shop owner Louis Leitch, Sr., of Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and attempting to evade taxes in connection with his participation in a scheme to launder $20 million in proceeds of stolen merchandise. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba090310a.htm 6A53270D-2B81-40FD-958B-0972B420D6B8 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:24:44 -0400 Dwayne Wells, of Potomac, Maryland, was charged with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1.6 million from a mechanical engineering firm in which he was a part owner. Wells allegedly used some of the stolen funds to buy an interest in a restaurant and the Baltimore Mariners indoor football team. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba090310.htm 3C5DFA2B-3598-41C5-99D1-DC4184105A31 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:22:03 -0400 Rickey Phillips, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his role in crimes that targeted members of the Asian community in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ph090210b.htm C0450D2C-990E-4781-906A-8E381574860F Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:17:00 -0400 Richard Lloyd Parham, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to five years in prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet. http://seattle.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/se090210a.htm 3A828A0D-68BC-45E9-8D6D-B91E27A32159 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:11:39 -0400 Sissaye Gezachew, of Springfield, Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a massive bank fraud conspiracy. Gezachew, who worked as an assistant vice president-senior credit analyst at United Bank during the time frame of the scheme, assisted Osama El-Atari, of Ashburn, Virginia, in defrauding the bank of more than $17 million from 2007 to 2009. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo090310.htm 9859142A-5CC2-4B4B-9DD7-78FA61372D61 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:40:55 -0400 Christopher D. Hales, of Midvale, Utah, was indicted on charges of mail, wire, and bank fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme. http://saltlakecity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/slc090210.htm 4D3DDF8E-DB53-43E7-97F7-59EE60E54210 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:34:27 -0400 A federal grand jury in El Paso, Texas indicted 11 individuals in connection with a large-scale corruption investigation which began in 2004. To date, 13 individuals have pled guilty to criminal conduct stemming from the investigation. http://elpaso.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ep090210.htm 7A6A78A6-B5B0-4AA4-968A-1B1E58190C4C Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:29:16 -0400 Michael Simms, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release on his conviction of distribution of crack cocaine. http://pittsburgh.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/pt090210.htm F7624FE5-76E0-4703-9677-F06282748095 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:27:01 -0400 Tamara Sheretha Morris, of Houston, Texas, was charged in New Orleans, Louisiana with mail fraud relating to her applications to the American Red Cross for financial assistance during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no090210a.htm 43BCD892-1E7A-4EF5-8FE8-EC0B22D2726E Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:22:21 -0400 Kevin Lewis, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and the distribution of heroin. http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no090210.htm CF5ABD75-3803-4AD5-AB70-F4C1A6C3A0C5 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:20:21 -0400 Neurosurgeon Frank H. Boehm, Jr., of Utica, New York, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute prescription drugs. http://albany.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/alfo090310.htm BD024BB5-3352-4DBA-ACC7-2C6920C0076C Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:17:02 -0400 Casey Nanez, a former Noel, Missouri police officer, pled guilty to sexually exploiting a child and to possessing child pornography. http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc090210.htm 6F937600-DFD7-424A-8F30-CE5160001638 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:14:34 -0400 Lashawn Ruff, of Stratford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for trafficking heroin in the Bridgeport area. http://newhaven.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nh090310.htm 832B7BCD-4D55-4659-9743-CD7DBCB94C29 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:12:03 -0400 Jaime Martinez-Garcia, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty in Tucson, Arizona of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation. http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/px090310.htm F7357349-99C3-435F-84D5-F988B32D7A55 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:00:31 -0400 Herman Wilson, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for robbing the Minnesota Building Trades Federal Credit Union in Inver Grove Heights on October 8, 2009. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mp090310.htm C8DD7B28-9902-435C-BBFF-009DCADFD1E6 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:54:52 -0400 Deanna Lynn Coleman, of Plymouth, Minnesota, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for her role in a $3.7 billion fraud scheme, which was orchestrated by Wayzata businessman Tom Petters. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mp090210a.htm 7A70BB24-9A5D-4331-A70D-47F71761F597 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:51:28 -0400 Former North Providence, Rhode Island Town Councilman Raymond L. Douglas, III was indicted for using extortion as a means to collect gambling debts owed him. Douglas allegedly operated an illegal gambling business in North Providence which accepted illegal sports wagers over the telephone on various college and professional sports, and he used extortion to collect gambling debts owed his business. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs090210.htm 4BE9D1DE-FBC4-4049-85DB-B596100D49EA Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:25:17 -0400 Six individuals were charged in Honolulu, Hawaii with engaging in a conspiracy to commit forced labor and document servitude. The defendants allegedly coerced the labor and services of approximately 400 Thai nationals brought by the defendants to the U.S. from Thailand to work on farms across the country under the U.S. federal agricultural guest worker program. http://honolulu.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/hn090210.htm 7CEF140A-1733-413B-BF19-D3CFBA7BB0AA Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:51:42 -0400 Christopher McCullough, currently of Frederic, Colorado and formerly of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his embezzlement of more than $3 million while serving as the chief financial officer of LJA Engineering, a Houston-based company. http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho090210.htm 56C3286F-B95F-410E-9A53-C6CA539EB552 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:47:48 -0400 Dorothy Ellis, of Texas City, Texas, a former senior employee of a U.S. military contractor, pled guilty to conspiracy to pay $360,000 in bribes to U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at a U.S. military base in Kuwait. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo090210a.htm EF615AB7-9FEB-4237-BB74-5AE6C1D03F8D Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:38:16 -0400 Polar Air Cargo LLC has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $17.4 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix the cargo rates charged to certain customers for international air cargo shipments between the United States and Australia. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo090210.htm EFB19D4F-96DA-40BA-B7E8-B269297AC750 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:35:28 -0400 Charles K. Schwartz, the founder and president of Allied Health Care Services Inc., an Orange, New Jersey durable medical equipment corporation, was charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $87 million from banks based on phony lease agreements. http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nk090210.htm 41E1FBA3-D98B-45A6-AD6A-BA406CA3631D Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:29:29 -0400 Corey N. Johnston, of Lakeville, Minnesota, pled guilty to operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 17 lenders in Minnesota and several other states. According to the government's investigation, the lenders suffered losses in excess of $79 million. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mp090210.htm 97632D86-9B1D-4016-A806-6A0B650E955E Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:15:30 -0400